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10, shorter than the petals; anthers linear-oblong, shortly 

 spurred on the back at the base. Style filiform, as long as the 

 petals. — Baron 3249 ! 



Ammanxia cryptatnttha, n. sp. 



Perennis, glabra, caulibus tetragonis, foliis sessilibus oblongis integris, 

 floribus racemosis, singulis bractea ovata cucullata cinctis, calycis tubo 

 campanulato dentibus 5 deltoideis, petalis 5 parvis oblanceolatis, sta- 

 miuibus in tubo calycis inclusis, stylo elongato. 



Stems ascending from a trailing perennial rootstock, tetra- 

 gonous, simple in the lower half, copiously branched upwards. 

 Leaves opposite, oblong, sessile, |-j in. long. Panicle of few 

 or many ascending rather lax racemes |-1 in. long, each flower 

 hidden by a clasping ovate foliaceous bract, with a short pedicel 

 inside the bract. Calyx g in. long, with a campanulate tube and 

 5 deltoid segments. Petals 5, oblanceolate, twice as long as the 

 calyx-lobes. Stamens inserted near the base of the calyx-tube ; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers minute, orbicular. Ovary ovoid ; 

 style i in. long.— Lyall 213 ! Baron 476 ! 1902 ! Near the East- 

 Indian A. rotundifolia, Wight. 



Epilobium oliganthum, n. sp. 



E. caule tereti gracili superne tomentoso, foliis subsessilibus lanceolatis 

 glabris superne denticulatis, floribus paucis laxe corymbosis, ovario 

 cylindrico tomentoso, calycis segmentis lanceolatis, petalis magnis obovatis, 

 stigmate magno integro quadrato, staminibus stylo brevioribus. 



Stems erect, slender, terete, glabrous except towards the top, 

 where they are white-tomentose. Leaves lanceolate, sessile, 

 glabrous, erecto-patent, 1-1 1 in. long, denticulate upwards. 

 Flowers few, in a lax terminal corymb, wavy, cylindrical, white- 

 tomentose, above an inch long. Calyx-limb pilose, \ in. long, 

 with a campanulate tube and lanceolate segments. Petals 

 obovate-cuneate, red, \ in. long. Style shorter than the petals ; 

 stigma large, quadrate, entire. Stamens much shorter than the 

 style. — Baron 2209 ! Allied to the European E. palustre, L. 



MODECCA PELTATA, n. sp. 



Volubilis, glabra, ramulis gracilibus lignosis, cirrbis nullis, foliis sim- 

 plicibus ovatis integris acutis membranaceis petiolo supra basin affixis, 

 cymis axillaribus paucifloris pedicellis elongatis, floribus masculis calycis 

 tubo infundibulari viridulo, segmentis 5 lanceolatis reflexis tubo longi- 



